The Houthi militias and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces denied on Monday access of humanitarian aids to the al Masloub district in al Jawf province in northeastern Yemen.

A local source from the district said that the Houthi militias at Malaha checkpoint western al Masloub had withheld trucks carrying relief materials while they were on their way to the citizens in the area.

Meanwhile, the government forces repelled at dawn Tuesday two attacks waged by the Houthis-Saleh forces in Ham and Shaf areas east and west of al Jawf.

It is noteworthy that the two sides are exchanging heavy artillery shelling in the fighting fronts in Mazwyah and al Masloub, with the Arab Coalition aircrafts flying over those areas from time to time.